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oats o. WlTHnaELL, 0F PLAISTOW, NEW HAMPSHIRE, ASSIGNOR To HIM- SELF ANDJ. B. BRAGKETT, or LEWISTON, MAINE,

Leners vFame No. 62,913, ma March `12, 1867.

PEN-HOLDER.

' iO ALL PERSONS TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME:

Be it known that LORIN O. WITIIEREIL, of Plaistow, in the countyf ofRockingham, and State of New Hampshire, have invented 'a new and usefulimprovement in Pen-Holders, and do hereby declare the same to befullydescribed in the following specification, and represented in theaccompanying drawings, of 'which- Figure'l is a real' elevation; and 4 iFigure 2, a longitudinal section of a.pen-holderrand pen, as providedwith my invention.

It is not 'new to combine with a pen and its holder an ink retainer ortongue, to Iextend down into the concavity of the pen, and nearly to itsnib, the purpose of such being to retain 'ink in the pen. When suchretainer is a fixture, or, in other words, is not capable ofbeingadjusted or Vmoved-nearer to or further from' the nib of' the pen,it does not operate long to good advantage, for the ink, by -drying onit and the pen and between the two, is apt to so cloy thepen as toeither materially impede or'arrest itsvaction. With my improvement theretainer is movable away from the nib, so as to enable the pen to'lie-easily cleaned without the necessity of removing it from its stockor bolder; and besides, the ink retainer can be easily adjusted to aucha distance from the nib of the pen as will insure the requisite iiowageo the ink in accordance with the desire of the penman. i

l In the drawings, A denotes the pen, and B its handle or carrier, theybeing constructei and applied together in the usual manner, except thatin makingthe carrier I form it with a depression or long notch, a, inone side of it, arranged between two terminal slots b b, which open outof the tubular carrier, such carrier being destined to receive a handle,to he inserted in it at'its upper end'. The ink retainer is shown-at Cas consisting of a long strip of watch-spring, or thin steel, or otherproper material. It is inserted through the two terminal slots and inthe notch a, so as to rest against the bottom of such notch and bearagainst the' inner or concave face of the pen. A small stud,c, extendsfrom that part of the retainer which is in the notch, and serves as ameans of enabling a person, by the application oi' his thumbnail to it,to effect a. movement ot' the retainer either toward or away from thenib of the pen. 'lhe stud c also answers as a s'top to arrest themovement of the retainer, which it will when against either end of thenotch.

I do not claim the application of a tongue or an ink retainer to a penso as to be stationary relatively thereto; but what I do claim as myimprovement, isi- The application of the tongue or ink retainer to Athepen and its carrier in.n.a.nner so that the said retainer may be movableand' adjustable with respect to thenib of the pen, as set forth.

I also c1aim`the construction of the pen carrier with the depression ornotch a, and the two terminal slotsb b, arranged together and il. it,and for the reception and holding ofan ink retainer,-'to operate withthe pen,

as specified.

URIN O. WITHERELL.

Y Witnesses:

i R; H. EDDY,

F. P. HALE, Jr.

